Improvement in fire-blowers



A. J. REDWAY.

Fire Blower.

Patented Jan. 19, 1869.

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REDWAY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TOIIED- IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE-BLOWERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and'making part of the same.

To whom it may concern:

' .Be it known that 'I, ALenRT J. Runway, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fire Blowers; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved application of the blower to open-front stoves andgrates, by which the said blower may be at all times easily brought into service, or removed from the front of the fire; and

The means taken to accomplishthis result is by forming a recess or chamber. above the fire, into which the blower-plate is slid when not in use, themouth of the recess or chamber and the inner corners of the blowerplate being furnished with devices for the suspension of the latter when in service.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an open-front stove furnished with my improvement, and showing the blower in service. Figure 2 is a transverse section of the same, showing the blower in the same position.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a portion ofa stove, from which the top plate has been removed, showing the position of the blower within the recess or chamber above the fire.

Figure 4 is a perspective view, showing the manner in which the blower is removed, by raising one side of the same, and disengaging one of the lugs from its suspending ear.

Figure 5 show s a casting for building into a chimneyfront, between the mantel and the grate, the casting having a chamber to contain the blower.

Figure 6 is a horizontal section, showing a modification in the blower, for use where the depth of the blower-chamber is circumscribed, and its height above the grate considerable.

A is an open-front stove, having a chamber, B, at its upper part for the reception of the blower 0, when the latter is not in use.

The chamber B may be horizontal or inclined, as may best suit the style of the-stove.

The front plate A, of the fire-front, has upon it forwardly-projecting cars, a a, which receive the pintles or lugs, c 0, when the blower is in, use, and support the same in such manner that the blower will hang in a vertical position, and close the orifice above the gratebars, or may be'raised into a'horizontal position when about to be returned to its resting-place in the chamber B.

At the front corners of the blower O are extensions D, upon which it is contemplated to fit knobs, of porce lain or other substance, which will 'deter the conduction of heat, and the blower is operated by means of these knobs, which are never exposed to the direct radiated heat of the fire, whether the blower is in service or at rest in the chamber B.

The blowermay have a recess, 0, to allow of its application to a stove or fire-place, having a vertical flue, as in fig. 6, or may be made rectangular, when the smoke escapes horizontally, as in figs. 1 and 2.

One of the ears, a, has a recess or notch, a", in its upper side, which allows the lug cto be raised from its seat when the blower is in a horizontal position, in which case the blower may be removed from the stove or fire-place, if desired, by drawing the said lug c forward, clear of the stove-front, and then moving the blower bodily sidewise until the lug c is fi'ee from its car a.

The blower being protected by the chamber B from any contact with the lite, is preserved from liability to warp, but in order more effectually to guard against warping, it may have a rib, 0, cast upon it, or be provided with corrugations, or relievo ornamentations, for the same purpose.

The blower may be made of sheet-metal, but it, is contemplated to use cast-n1etal almost or quite exclusively, as less liable to injury from warping.

In fig. 5 is shown the devicewhen applied to the common fire-place. In this drawing, the chamber is in a separate casting, E, which is built into the chimney-breast, above-the arch of the grate.

This casting has similar ears, a a, to those shown in the other figures, and for a like purpose.

In the modification shown in fig. 6, the blower-plate Q has headedlstuds, f, near to its back corners, the said studs traversing slots f in two sliding plates F F, which are drawn forward with the blower O, and upon which it is suspended when in service.

It will be seen that this device affords means for application of the blower in situations where the chamber is circumscribed to a depth insufiicient to receive a blower formed of one piece of metal, broad enough to reach the upper bar of the grate when in service.

I do not confine myself to the precise suspensorydevices shown, as the same might be readily modified. For instance, the lower front edge of the chamber B might have an-upturned lip, serving to engage a downturned lip, upon the rear edge of the blower O.

\Vhere the chamber E is embedded in the chimneybrca-st, as in fig. 5, a portion of the metal may be removed, for lightness.

Having sufficiently explained the nature of my invention,

What I claim, is-

1. The shiftable plate 0, constructed with ears 0 c, employed in combination with the sockets a, a and slot a, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The chamberB, adapted and employed for re ceiving the plate 0, when not in use, as explained.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

ALBERT J EEDWAY.

Witnesses:

Gno. H. KNIGHT, James H. LAYMAN. 

